02 March 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

21. A certain principal amount in 2 years at some simple interest becomes ₹ 10,000 and the same principal amount on the same rate of simple interest becomes ₹ 11,000 in 3 years. Find the principal and rate of interest.

Correct Answer: (4) ₹ 8000 and 12.5%

22. Raman said to Aman, "That boy playing football there is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father's wife". How is the boy playing football related to Raman?

Correct Answer: (4) Brother

23. A girl starts from a point P and walks 10 meters in the North-West direction and reaches the point Q. She then turns to her left and walks 10 meters to a point R which is directly west ward to point P. She again moves towards south-east direction and goes 10 meters and reaches a point S which is directly southward to point Q. From the point S she turns towards point P and walks 10 meters. What is the shape of the geometrical figure PQRS?

Correct Answer: (3) Square

24. In a certain code language TROUBLE is written as ETLRBOU. How PROBLEM will be written in that language?

Correct Answer: (3) MPERLOB

25. What number should replace question mark(?) in the series given below:

15, 15, 22.5, 45, 112.5, 337.5,?

Correct Answer: (1) 1181.25

26. "Although I am very happy to win the lottery, I am also a little worried. The last time I had won a lottery, my pocket was picked the next morning." Which logical fallacy is commited in the above argument?

Correct Answer: (1) Post hoc

27. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?

A. All aeroplanes are polluting vehicles.
B. No polluting vehicles are aeroplanes.
C. All non-polluting vehicles are non-aeroplanes.
D. No aeroplanes are non-polluting vehicles.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) A, C and D only

28. If the statement- "All aeroplanes are polluting vehicles', is given as true, then which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be true?

Correct Answer: (2) Some aeroplanes are polluting vehicles.

29. Which of the following propositions are so related that they can not both be false, although they may both be true?

A. Some cars are polluting vehicles.
B. Some cars are not polluting vehicles.
C. All cars are polluting vehicles.
D. No cars are polluting vehicles.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) A and B only

30. According to classical Indian School of logic (Nyāya) which of the following arguments involves the fallacy of āshrayāsiddha?

Correct Answer: (1) The sky-lotus is fragrant, because it is a lotus, like the lotus of a lake.